Loom shuttle-box.



No. 768,900. PATENTED AUG. 30, 1904. A. HEATON. LOOM SHUTTLE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATENTED AUG. 30, 1904.

A. HEATON.

LOOM SHUTTLE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1903.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented August 30, 1904:.

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ATENT LOOIVI SHUTTLE-BOX- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 768,900, dated August 30, 1904.

Application filed June 29, 1903.

To all whmn it ntay concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR HEATON, residing at Liversedge, in the county of York, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Loom Shuttle-Boxes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to shuttle boxes formed of bent sheet metal; and it consists in the novel construction of the same, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the main part of the shuttle-box before being folded to shape. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the shuttle-box after being folded to shape. Fig. 3 is a front View of the shuttle-box. Fig. 4 is a cross-section taken on line A B in Fig. 3.

The main portion a of the shuttle-box is stamped out of sheet metal, as shown in Fig. 1, and is then bent upon the lines 6 and 0, so that it takes the form shown in Fig. 4:. This shuttle-box has three shelves it and four compartments for the shuttles. A plate (Z is secured to the front of the box at one end, and the swell is hinged to this plate. A plate 0 is secured to the front of the box at its other end and has lugs f for the pin which limits the outward movement of the swell. Slots 9 are cut parallel to each other in the back of the box, one for each compartment, and one compartment has a slot or opening 5 which is formed between the doubled portions 2 of the sheet a. One compartment, 3, is formed by bending the plate a into a loop, and the parts Serial No. 163,554. (No model.)

ing the sheet above and below the compartment 3. The opening 9 is parallel with the openings 9 and is similar to them. Theseslots g and form openings for the picker to work in. The slots g and g are preferably cut in the box after it is bent. to shape; but they may be out in the blank (shown in Fig. 1) before bending it, if desired. Four shuttle compartments are shown and described; but this invention is not confined to a shuttle-box having that number of compartments.

The plate a has. holes '5 for lightening it, and j represents metal wearing-strips secured to those parts of the box which slide in the frame of the loom.

hat I claim is A shuttle box having its main portion formed of a sheet-metal plate provided with a rectangular loop which forms one shuttle-compartment, portions of the said plate being bent double at the back of the said compartment and a space being left between them to form a slot for the picker, and the remaining shuttle-compartments being formed by bending the said plate above and below the said loop into similar compartments.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR HEATON.

WVitnesses:

ERNEST PRIESTLEY NEWTON, ERNEST LooKwooD. 

